"Minority" students are majority in Maryland

Asian-, Hispanic- and African-Americans account for about 52 percent of state's student population

Jan. 3, 2008

The faces of Maryland's public school children have been changing over the past several years, and minorities now outnumber white students in the state. Maryland public school enrollment data show that 48 percent of the students in the state's 24 school systems are white. African-Americans represent 38 percent of the school population, Hispanics 8 percent and Asian-Americans most of the remaining 6 percent.

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